Expendable managers at root of club’s problems

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Everyone but Abramovich could see the enormity of the challenge that Villas-Boas faced last summerRebecca Naden/PA

Oliver KayChief Football Correspondent

Last updated at 12:00AM, March 5 2012

One of these days, the penny will drop for Roman Abramovich. One of these
days, the Chelsea owner will realise that this cycle of kneejerk decisions,
based on whims and dubious advice, is no way to run a serious football club.

The only surprise about the dismissal yesterday of André Villas-Boas was that
it took so long. Was it the wrong decision? That almost seems moot. It was
wrong to destabilise then sack Carlo Ancelotti and it was wrong, given the
unique demands of this particular club at this particular time, to replace
him with a man who had only